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Page v
... feems exactly juft and " true . " That there are good notes in his edition of " SHAKESPEARE , I never did deny : but as he has had " the plundering of two dead men ( Theobald and Han- " mer , ] it will be difficult to know which are his ...
... feems exactly juft and " true . " That there are good notes in his edition of " SHAKESPEARE , I never did deny : but as he has had " the plundering of two dead men ( Theobald and Han- " mer , ] it will be difficult to know which are his ...
Page 12
... feems to have known the world by intuition , to have looked through human nature at one glance , and to be the only author that gives ground for a very new opinion , That That the philofopher , and even the man of the ziv MR . POPE'S ...
... feems to have known the world by intuition , to have looked through human nature at one glance , and to be the only author that gives ground for a very new opinion , That That the philofopher , and even the man of the ziv MR . POPE'S ...
Page xx
... feems to proceed from a perfonal kindness : he tells us , that he loved the man , as well as honoured his memory ; celebrates the honefty , opennefs , and frankness of his temper ; and only diftinguithes , as he reasonably ought ...
... feems to proceed from a perfonal kindness : he tells us , that he loved the man , as well as honoured his memory ; celebrates the honefty , opennefs , and frankness of his temper ; and only diftinguithes , as he reasonably ought ...
Page xxii
... feems to have belonged to the playhouse , by hav- ing the parts divided with lines , and the actors names in the margin , ) where feveral of thofe very paffages were added in a written hand , which are fince to be found in the folio ...
... feems to have belonged to the playhouse , by hav- ing the parts divided with lines , and the actors names in the margin , ) where feveral of thofe very paffages were added in a written hand , which are fince to be found in the folio ...
Page xxiv
... feems chargeable with making them fpeak out of character ; or fometimes perhaps for no better reason , than that a governing player , to have the mouthing of fome favourite fpeech himself , would fnatch it from the unworthy lips of an ...
... feems chargeable with making them fpeak out of character ; or fometimes perhaps for no better reason , than that a governing player , to have the mouthing of fome favourite fpeech himself , would fnatch it from the unworthy lips of an ...
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Popular passages
Page 35 - Hence, bashful cunning ! And prompt me, plain and holy innocence ! I am your wife, if you will marry me ; If not, I'll die your maid : to be your fellow You may deny me ; but I'll be your servant, Whether you will or no.
Page xlvii - Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time! And all the muses still were in their prime When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears ; or like a Mercury to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines!
Page xlvii - Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter Nature be, His Art doth give the fashion; and that he Who casts to write a living line must sweat (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the muses...
Page 14 - You taught me language; and my profit on't Is, I know how to curse : The red plague rid you, For learning me your language ! Pro.
Page 278 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: how would you be, If He, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are ? O, think on that ; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 29 - Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Page 104 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew"d, so sanded; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-kneed and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each. A cry more tuneable Was never holla'd to, nor cheer'd with horn, In Crete, in Sparta, nor in Thessaly : Judge when you hear.
Page xlvi - Or blind affection, which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and urgeth all by chance; Or crafty malice might pretend this praise, And think to ruin, where it seemed to raise.
Page 106 - The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report what my dream was.
Page 76 - Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, And maidens call it Love-in-idleness.